Security News Desk

SYS-CON's Security News desk trawls the world of security for news of software, hardware, products, and services that seems likely to be of interest to infosec professionals and summarizes them for easy assimilation by busy IT managers and staff.

Network Engines, Inc. (NASDAQ-NENG) and Allin Corporation (OTCBB-ALLN), a
leading Microsoft Gold Certified partner, announced the successful deployment
of a next-generation security solution at SESCO, LLC, including Network
Engines NS6300 Security Appliances.
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, SESCO is an electricity and natural gas
trading company with offices in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The boutique
firm is a combination of seasoned energy commodity experts and technology
professionals that depend heavily on their IT infrastructure to serve its
real-time trading operations. In order to meet the current and future
requirements of their systems, SESCO hired Allin, to assess their current
network infrastructure and help select new solutions.
After a thorough assessment, Allin recommended the deployment of Network
Engines NS6300 Security Appliances, which allowed SE... (more)

- Announcing the "Change The Administration" March in D.C.
- New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin tells what he thinks about his fellow
politicians and people in Washington in this morning's radio interview.
"FEMA Director Michael Brown must be removed from his job immediately and
should be assigned to truck duty to drive and unload food and supplies to the
New Orleans Convention Center thoughout the night and for the next 48 hours.
This guy is an incomptenet political idiot who has no qualification to run
this organization. It is completely unacceptable not to be able to drop one
single p... (more)

The loss of life and destruction of property wrought by Hurricane Katrina has
been utterly devastating. Unfortunately, now there is another after-effect to
worry about, says the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA): online
criminals are already taking advantage of generous individuals who are
looking to donate online to disaster relief efforts.
The FBI is currently investigating hundreds of Web sites posing as online
charities to lure in potential donors and obtain their financial information.
In addition, there are reports of phony e-mails from fake charities being
used to sp... (more)

Phishing Attacks, Threats to Confidential Information and to Windows - All
Increasing, Says Symantec Report
Stuart McIrvine, director of IBM's security strategy, said yesterday: "After
a year like 2004, many IT departments feel beaten down from combating viruses
like Mydoom and Netsky. However, through sophisticated intelligence gathering
and analysis, IBM can now identify and understand many of these risks. In
addition, businesses and consumers can use this information to help them to
not only anticipate these security risks, but more importantly, to prepare
themselves to avoid ... (more)